Thread: Dog ear infections

This may not be of use for you @kidmac42 - but I spent over a $1000 on my last boy in six months - 16 month old when I got him - he turned out to be an allergy dog (vet description) after trying all sorts of pills, drops, sprays and different foods - it seemed that steroids were the only thing that managed his allergy problems
I think that Vets know what is best for our pets - ears and eyes are critical health issues - but although four different vets from the Group saw our boy, analysed and tested him and we tried various food options - steroids seemed to be the only answer
Feet and ears were the worst parts - initially a smelly yeast infection in his ears and itchy between his pads- but cleared that up fairly easy - but he never stopped rubbing his ears and licking his feet - eventually the vets told us if he stayed in our BOP environment and the bush work I was doing - he would be on steroids for ever
He was a very special dog and the breeder also loved him heaps - so eventually they took him back to their breeder environment on a small farm near Auckland and apparently managed to get him well with homeopathic remedies
Virbac Easotic Hydrocortisone drops were very effective inside the ear canal - Virbac Cortavance spray was incredibly effective on external skin surfaces - both very expensive - I recall the 76 ml spray was about $170 and may have lasted for a couple of months
We tried hard to get him right - washing and checking each foot after every outing - and spraying the affected parts - but I couldn’t do that forever!
I am hoping my new girl will be a safer option - God - I hope so - she is a 3 year old having to be rehomed due to family domestic issues - we took a punt and have got her 10 days ago - we just today got her Vet records - they spent a lot of money on three eye ops and also having her spayed - Labrador eyes are often too loose or sometimes too tight - no amount of drops are going to fix that
We couldn’t start a puppy as I wanted a companion dog for trapping - 12 month seems to be when they are strong enough for some bush walking without risk of joint damage